With temperatures rising over the next few days, your lawn may need a light mow. We have now cut our grass twice this year. If your grass is getting a little too long, raise your cutting blade
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Worm Casts can be castoff.
Worms are great for the soil and we need them under the lawn. But this time of year they often leave worm casts on the lawn. If you have a week that is just right for worms and for casting…. your lawn can quickly look a disaster area! DON’T PANIC! All you need to do […]
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Be a good neighbour.
So, your lawn is all fit and well looked after. Do you have a neighbour who is less able to look after their lawn? If you don’t have any more to do to your lawn this week how about offering a helping hand to your neighbour? Hey, while you are staying off your lawn, now […]
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Your lawn needs light and air.
As the snow clears from your lawn keep an eye open for a build-up of rotting leaves, branches, and other winter debris? Your lawn needs light and air, even in the winter. So, keep it free from anything that could shade the grass. A leaf blower is a great way to
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Is your lawn beginning to look like a shaggy teenager?
Most of us will not need to mow our lawns at this time of year, but grass still grows in the winter. If your lawn is getting to look more like a shaggy teenager than a military crew cut, in other words, it is beginning to fall over, smother itself, and harbour disease or rot, […]
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KEEP OFF THE GRASS!
The last two weeks we have talked about things on or over your lawn that should not be there… there is one more thing that should not be on your lawn at this time of year… You! If possible stay off your lawn. Though grass is pretty tuff, (and indestructible in the flower bed where […]
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Let there be light… on your lawn.
Last week we spoke about how objects on the lawn, like leaves or children’s toys, can stop the light from getting to the grass. Plants shading your lawn can also take the light away from your lawn. This can stop a good flow of air, and encourage moss growth or disease.
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